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Value Line, Inc. (VALU)

Nasdaq: VALU · Investment Advice · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 1995
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Grade5.7
◀ Past 5.5● Present 5.9▶ Future 5.4
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The grade of Value Line, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.7/10
◀ Past5.530% of the headline
● Present5.940% of the headline
▶ Future5.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 48 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Value Line, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-0.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Value Line, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $35 million in fiscal 2017 to $33 million in fiscal 2026, down 0.4% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 17% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2026; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-0.4%bottom 15% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 29% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 25% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak17.5%bottom 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.2% a year. 63% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 36 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-04-30, Value Line, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 63% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $7 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 32% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
7.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 20%: 20¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 29%: owes 29¢ per asset dollar.

weight 22% of this tense · 71st percentile among 44 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-04-30, Value Line, Inc. earned about 20 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 29 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 15% of its family
  • return on equitytop 35% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
3.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 39% of 43 in its family; net margin 64.7%.

weight 45% of this tense · 39th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Value Line, Inc.'s standing among 43 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $33 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 9% by size; a net margin of 64.7% ranks in the top 6%; revenue growth of -5.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 13% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$33.4Mbottom 9% of its family
  • net margin64.7%top 6% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-5.5%bottom 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
7.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 7.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the chief executive's years under the title, which ranks in the top 21% of 42 in its family; fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title.
How it was reasoned
one part: the chief executive's years on the record, the one part on file, ranked among 42 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Value Line, Inc.'s leadership is put at 7.9 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the chief executive's years under the title, which ranks in the top 21% of 42 in its family; fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 19% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 81st percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Value Line, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $24 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 15.9% of its assets as net cash, top 30% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 55.6% of revenue (top 8%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets15.9%top 30% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue55.6%top 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
2.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 23% of 41 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Value Line, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -5.5% a year over the last three filed years against -0.4% over all 10, slowing (bottom 30% of its family); the newest year grew -4.7% (bottom 16%) (its annual reports). Value Line, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2026: Subscription and Circulation at $24 million (71%), License at $10 million (29%); 0 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-5.2 points a yearbottom 30% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-4.7%bottom 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 41% of 41 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Value Line, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $33 million in fiscal 2026 came in 1.4% above the $33 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 37% of its family); net income of $22 million against a prior three-year average of $19 million (bottom 28%); a net margin of 64.7% against 51.7% before (top 13%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.4%top 37% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+12%bottom 28% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+12.9 pointstop 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton VALU · research, not advice